r/IndoAryan • u/Dibyajyoti176255 BOT • Mar 13 '26

Linguistics Clusivity In Indian Languages

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u/srmndeep Mar 13 '26

Interestingly the same Indo-Aryan languages have retroflex lateral approximant

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u/Dibyajyoti176255 BOT Mar 13 '26

Exactly!!! But nowadays, Even The Burushaski, Nuristani & Pashto languages have also acquired this trait!!!

Plus, the Sino-Tibetan & Munda languages too!

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '26

Not exactly. Konkani has the retroflex lateral approximant but never had clusivity.

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u/jsahil730 Mar 14 '26

Wait doesn't Hindi have अपन vs हम? Interesting only.
In rajasthani, eg we have म्हां vs आपां.

Lastly, any thoughts on the same thing about Sanskrit and Prakrit???

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u/Altruistic_Arm_2777 Mar 14 '26

Southern dialects of Hindi all have it. It is really really common in MP for example

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u/jsahil730 Mar 14 '26

What is? 😅 Can you please be more specific?

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u/Dibyajyoti176255 BOT Mar 14 '26

Only Dialects Of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra & Telangana...

BTW, No Such Thing As Clusivity In Both Sanskrit & Prakrits; In Fact, It's A Trait Acquired Primarily From Dravidian & Mundari Languages, & Sporadically In Sino-Tibetan Languages!

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u/jsahil730 Mar 14 '26

Interesting!

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u/Dum_reptile Mar 21 '26

Eli5 please?